OPIs christmas collection! A new collaboration between OPI and Gwen Stefani! A collection consists of 19 polishes, 12 cream and jelly/crelly, two metallic, four glitter toppers and one 18 carat gold top coat. You can find them in Swedish stores from week 46 and costs 155 SEK each, except for the 18-carat gold polish. This collection was given to me from OPI, without any requirement to showcase the products or write about them. More info about that here.

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A thin though creme/crelly polish that floated out nicely over the nail. Easy to work with and good coverage. I feel somehow disappointed with this polish because of the shade. Enough with bright red colors now, OPI!

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Fairly thin but still easily applied orange tinted crelly/jelly. I like polishes like this! Red but still not a true red and the name suits this polish! It feels very modern and ”fashion”. It was quite sheer because the formula is a squishy jelly-ish. This is three coats and top coat.

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It feels like I’ve died and woken up in heaven. Look how beautiful this polish is! It’s a purple base and gold glitter. Unfortunately, it looks more purple in the bottle than on the nails and is more brownish instead, but you can almost see the purple if you’re outside and the sun is shining. No matter what, I love this polish! Easy to apply, dried quickly and good formula. A favourite for fall and winter! Two coats and top coat.

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Oh my gawd! This polish makes me crazy! I never say no to a dark purple polish with a lot of shimmer. Especially when it has good formula, is easy to apply and has good coverage. However, I wonder what OPI has put in this amazing polish that smells like a mix of chemicals and.. fish?

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A sheer jelly that was a little difficult to apply because of the thin formula. However, I really like this berry red color! I chose not to put on top coat, just to show you how glossy this jelly polish is. This is two coats, but I probably would have needed to take two thicker layers or a third thin.

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A lovely plum/berry red creme! This was, like almost all the polishes from this collection, easy to apply and had great formula. This one is also almost a OCW! (One Coat Wonder). It would have been completely opaque in one coat if I had applied a little thicker layer. But since I always apply thin layers, this is two coats and top coat.

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I really tried, but I couldn’t capture the glow in this polish! If I explain it as a dark purple that in some lights looks more like burgundy and is also packed with shimmer that will brighten up the dark winter nights, you know what I mean then? It is so mature, yet lively and playful. Wear it glossy to a party and with matte top coat on your job. The formula was good and two coats were enough for full coverage. Two coats and top coat.

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Very elegant brown shimmer! Nice polish, it’s not really my cup of tea. It was very sheer and it became uneven and blotchy at the first layer, but it evened out with the second. This is two coats and top coat.

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A red version of Kiss Me Or Elf! It looks like a polish with both red and gold shimmer in the bottle, but the gold disappears on the nail, which is a shame, because look at the color in the bottle! The formula was good and easy to work with. Two coats and top coat.

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A very vampy dark purple creme that became a little darker on the nails than in the bottle. Very good coverage, nearly a OCW and I have nothing to complain about when it comes to formula or application. Two coats and top coat.

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I love the name but not the formula. It felt pretty chewy and was a little difficult to get out evenly across the nail. It also dried very slowly. There are many similar polishes with better formula, so this is definitely a flop. Two coats and top coat.

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I love the idea of a golden satin polish, but well, this was not so successful. As with all metallic polishes, it became very streaky, which is less visible in person than in pictures. The formula is quite thin and because the polish dries quickly, it is difficult to work with, especially around the cuticle. Two coats and top coat.

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OPI – Comet In The Sky is a black and iridescent glitter in three different sizes, with a clear base. It was easy to pick up enough amount of glitter on the brush and easy to apply. In the picture, I have one layer over Rollin’ in Cashmere.

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So beautiful black and steel gray glitter in different sizes. It was easy to apply and easy to get the glitter out of the bottle, except for the largest pieces. This is one coat over Unfrost My Heart.

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Sounds familiar with an 18 karat gold top coat? OPI has actually released two similar earlier. The first, “The man with the golden gun”, was released in 2012 with the James Bond Collection “Skyfall”. We who didn’t buy it then got another chance when Mariah Carey Christmas Collection was released in 2013 with the limited polish “Pure”. And now OPI releases another 18 karat gold top coat called “Don’t Speak”. For my swedish readers, you can find this in stores from week 46 and costs 485 SEK.

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OPI Don’t speak & OPI Pure comparison. This is a rather thick layer of each over black. As you can see, Don’t speak is a much warmer gold with smaller flakes while Pure is a gold-silver mix and much cooler in tone, plus it has both large and small flakes.

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And there they are, all 19! I wish that OPI had done a better formula on the two metallic polishes and I think it is boring with so many shades of red. Sure, red is a christmas color, but I would like to see some other colors. My favorites are the four glitter polishes, Christmas Gone Plaid, First Class Desire, The Carol About You and Kiss Me Or Elf! Which are your favorites and what do you think of the collection?

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